Pa. Finally Cuts Unemployment Benefits For County Prisoners

February 1, 2013

This was a problem for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania until just recently. The PA Independent reports:

Using an existing data system called the Pennsylvania Justice Network, the state can cross-match inmate data with unemployment records to identify unemployment beneficiaries in county prisons and stop payments.

Comments:

Instant disqualification here : To draw unemployment in Georgia and probably all states one must make an effort to seek a job, which is tough to do behind bars. We need a more honest class of jail inmates, don’t we.